AltWeeklies Wire
What Role Will Recycling Play in Detroit's Future?new
The issue of recycling is wrapped up in the broader debate about what to do with the massive incinerator in Detroit that burns the city's trash, as well as garbage trucked in from the suburbs, creating steam and electricity in the process.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
06-03-2008 |
Environment
The Gore Gore Girls Return to Detroit as Conquering Heroesnew
There's always that struggle of getting the public to take an all-girl rock 'n' roll band seriously. "I think girl rock bands will always be considered a novelty," says Amy Gore. "At this point, our band is one of the best all-girl bands around, of all time, within the rock 'n' roll genre."
Metro Times |
Brett Callwood |
05-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Terrible Twos Come Not to Praise Rock but to Bury Itnew
Inspired by older Detroit punks like the Piranhas and the Clone Defects, the Terrible Twos has evolved into an art-damaged wrecking crew of undeniable force.
Metro Times |
Wendy Case |
04-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Biggest U.S. Neo-Nazi Group Sets Up Shop in Detroitnew
The National Socialist Movement has moved its HQ to a majority African-American city, the metro area of which is also home to the country's largest Middle Eastern population, a sizable Jewish community and thousands of other immigrants. Why?
Metro Times |
Staff |
04-22-2008 |
Religion
War Zones, Shipwrecks and Romance Caught on Cassettenew
What follows are excerpts from three tales, discovered on discarded cassette tapes. Three men, at different stages in their lives, reflect on relationships -- with their parents, with strangers in a strange land and even with a buzzing 1920s city named Detroit.
Metro Times |
Rebecca Mazzei |
04-22-2008 |
Culture
Las Vegas Stripnew
Vintage vixens of yesteryear meet up with the neo-burlesque starlets of today at the 16th Annual Miss Exotic World Pageant, one big glittering bridge to the ecdysiastical generation gap.
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
06-07-2006 |
History
The Double Closetnew
As gay and lesbian Arabs struggle to come out, they face homophobia, racism and violence -- within their own communities.
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
05-03-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: Immigration, 9/11, gay, Arab, Arab American, Chaldean, Dearborn, Detroit, Gay Rights, homophobia, lesbian, racism
Road Tripnew
A mid-list glam-trash rock band spent six weeks in an RV, fueled by chili.
Houston Press |
Brian McManus |
11-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Oregon, California, New York, Detroit, Houston, Washington, Chicago, Portland, D.C., Michigan, Fatal Flying Guilloteens, MySpace.com
Sandpaper Dipped in Sorghumnew
Picking out highlights from an album so consistently brilliant is a fool's endeavor.
Illinois Times |
Bettye LaVette |
10-07-2005 |
Reviews
Field of Screamsnew
John Brannon's howl, equal parts primal power and melodic reach, has ripped air for nearly 25 years, first with hardcore pioneers Negative Approach, then with blues-punkers Laughing Hyenas, and now with the steamrolling quartet Easy Action.
Baltimore City Paper |
Marc Masters |
08-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Paradise Regained: Detroit's Legends of Burlesque Reminiscenew
The most famous exotic dancer in the history of Motown, Lottie The Body, and fellow stripteaser Toni Elling recall the glamourous days of burlesque in the 1960s and the struggles they faced as African-American dancers.
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
08-03-2005 |
History
The Black Godfathernew
Nobody in the last 50 years has worn more hats -- pimped-out Stetsons all -- than Andre Williams, aka the Black Godfather, Mr. Rhythm, and the Father of Rap.
Cleveland Scene |
John Nova Lomax |
06-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
New SF Chonicle Publisher Takes On Staffing Issuesnew
Frank Vega has been cast as a villain, but he may be just what the Hearst empire needs to defeat the dark forces of the new economy.
Lebanese-American Peace Activist Tells What He Learned in Iraqnew
"Most of the people I know in Iraq believe the US will impose a government on them and they will then either have to accept it or fight it," says Ramzi Kysia, who was in Iraq before and since the U.S. invasion.
Monterey County Weekly |
Andrew Scutro |
08-07-2004 |
International
Tags: violence, oil, torture, military, Fallujah, Detroit, Saddam Hussein, Red Cross, Michigan, Iraqis, international, United Nations, 2003 invasion, Americans, Baathists, Education for Peace in Iraq Center, Iraqi Governing Council, Moqtada Sadr, NGO, Oil for Food program, Paul Bremer, Royal Oak, sanitation, suburb, Voices in the Wilderness
Black Democrats Revive Benjamin Banneker Clubnew
The club, named after an African-American intellectual and astronomer who died in 1806, sees its mission as encouraging minority-citizen participation in the Democratic Party process as well as identifying and promoting minority candidates for public office in New York State's Onondaga County.
Syracuse New Times |
Walt Shepperd |
06-15-2004 |
Politics
